Automotive parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen has opened a new automatic passenger car transmissions manufacturing plant in the US, built at an investment of about EUR300m. Located in South Carolina, ZF Transmissions Gray Court, will ...
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Georg Fischer generated sales of CHF 1,837 million during the first half-year of 2013, slightly lower than in the previous year. Adjusted for currency effects, divestments and acquisitions, the figure is equivalent to last year?s first ...
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A 52-inch sleeper variant of Kenworth’s new-generation T680 was available to drive at a mid-July Kenworth customer event at its Chillicothe, Ohio plant. T680 Kenworth’s “new-generation” bowed in with the T680 at ...
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The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) has stated that in June this year the aggregate automobile output in China totaled 1,674,200 vehicles, down 5.97 percent month on month and up 9.33 percent on year-on-year basis. In ...
Tags: Auto, Transportation, Automobile
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) has stated that in June this year the aggregate automobile output in China totaled 1,674,200 vehicles, down 5.97 percent month on month and up 9.33 percent on year-on-year basis. In ...
Tags: Auto Output, Automobile, vehicles
In June this year, new passenger car registrations in the German market fell by five percent year on year to 282,900 units, according to the data released by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA). Meanwhile, in the first ...
Tags: passenger car, car, auto
Asian butadiene prices are at a 3-1/2 half year low amid weak demand and a glut of synthetic rubber stocks, Platts data showed. The FOB Korea benchmark for butadiene stood at $1,350/mt on June 17. The last time butadiene prices were ...
Tags: Butadiene, Weak Demand
SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), a joint venture (JV) between General Motors (GM), SAIC Motor and Liuzhou Wuling Motors, has started construction of its new manufacturing plant in Chongqing, China, with an investment of RMB6.6bn ($1.1bn). With a ...
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According to the Society Of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), India's auto production is 1737548 units in May, fell 4.1% year on year. Two months before the fiscal year (20130401-20140331), India's car sales fell 0.6% year on year; ...
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According to Japanese media reports, Japan's Mazda Motor Corp published sales of April in May, 30. Due to the increasing sales of passenger car and commercial vehicle, domestic sales of Mazda in April increase by 1.9% M-O-M, reaching ...
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According to Japanese media reports, Japan's Toyota motor corp. announced on May 30, 2013, the general situation of the domestic production in April 2013, Including Toyota, DAIHATSU industry (hereinafter referred to as DAIHATSU) and HINO ...
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Automotive supplier Continental has signed a contract with the Swiss high-tech industrial Group Oerlikon for the joint development and marketing of integrated motor and transmission systems for hybrid and electric vehicles. With the ...
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In any automobile, lighting is a very essential component. With continuous developments in LED and adaptive lighting technologies, many automotive manufacturers have ended up lowering the level of energy consumption in various lighting ...
In April this year, Spain's total motor vehicle output amounted to 185,530 units, rising by 20.2 percent year on year, according to the data reported by the Spanish Automobile and Truck Manufacturers' Association (ANFAC). The association ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in March of the current year new motor vehicle registrations in Turkey increased by 7.6 percent year on year to 88,397 units, up 45.7 percent on ...